Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-19
NO MORE BLACK EYES.
A Pittsburg Doctor Finds Way TO Com
ceal the Traces of Blow.

Il have treated, said the doctor, "as
many as twenty-five persons recently
for this distressing affiiction. All of
them were anxious, of course, to get rid
OF the signs of the conflict, and in one
or two cases it was of vital importance
that the blackness of the bruise should
be obliterated at once. That set me to
thinking, and as possessed liking for
painting in oils called in my knowl-
edge in that line to aid me. Now, I'll
show you practically what, as a result,
my treatment is"
Then the doctor brought out a little
wooden box full of oil-color tubes. Out
of scores of tubes he selected four.
They contained silver white, burnt
lumber, Naples yellow, and vermillion.
From each tube he squeezed out little
paint upon the back of his left hand.
II find," he said, that the back of my
hand is the best pallet can have for this
work. Every hand has, especially
when it is partially sunburnt, number
of distinct tones of color, and l find they
assist me in forming my tints for lay ing
on the bruised portion of the face of my
patient"
First he took, as he proceeded to
demonstrate his process, little from
the dab of burnt lumber and spread it
over two-inch section of his hand.
This, he said, was the ground he found
it best to use. Upon this dark ground
he laid touch of vermillion, then lit
tie white and finally mere suggestion
of yellow. A deliciously soft feminine
flesh tint was the result after he had
combined the colors with his fore-fnger.
With little more of the burnt lumber
he made the complexion of the flesh as
sumo ripe brunette tinge, and then with
the admixture of some of the white paint
reversed it to light blonde.
II can, with these four simple colors, "
he said, catch the exact shade of any
face. have tried it often enough now
to be sure"
There was, however, certain unnat-
ural gloss over the painted flesh which
the reporter noticed. This, the doctor
stated, could be removed by lightly
sprinkling over the surface powdered
magnesia and then removing it gently
with brush.
And this is the process which has
saved many man from the disgrace OF
black eye before his friends and rela-
tons. 1t may be added that the doctor
who has achieved this triumph of mind
over matter has found that ordinary oil
paints are preferable for this particular
use to the grease paints which are com.
monty used by actors in their makeup
for the stage.
1t would appear possible that so de-
sirable device had at least one draw.
back, and the doctor was asked if the
painting of blackened eye in the way
described was not likely to retard ma
lures healing process. The doctor re-
piled: "My experience has been thai
the tinting of the flesh with lead paint:
really assists nature. have found thai
the eyes which ! have painted have re
covered faster than those / have not
The lead certainly does no harm. An.
other curious fact is that not every per
son can paint an eye satisfactorily.
have shown patient exactly what
paints to use and in what proportion
they were to be mixed, but he has only
succeeded in making himself look like
an Indian with his war paint on.
think that the person who does the
painting should be, in a modest way, al
artist who knows how to produce a flesh
tint. The burnt lumber, l have discov
cred, makes the best groundwork upor
which to produce the lighter effects
afterward.
"There are little depressions Otter
enough in the skin of the face, ant
these can initiate by dabbing the Goa
of paint with dry brush. If there ar,
prominent veins under the patient
eyes, little blue laid on delicately il
fine lines will bring them out salts
factorily. / have encountered all sort
of compilations, but never one yet tina
baffied me. My friends may rely upol
me to help them conceal their BATH
marks-and I'll paint them only fo
love, too-but the world at large mus
go about with its eyes blackened unit
doctors in general learn how to paint.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.